News: A Malaysian Airliner With 295 Passengers crashed near Russia/Ukrainian Border

A Malaysian Boeing 777 airliner with 295 passengers on board has crashed into  the border between Russia and Ukraine. Several reports indicated that the aircraft which was flying from Amsterdam’s Schipol airport to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russian forces.
There are no independent confirmation of the allegations.
The crash comes just months after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in March. 

  

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Ozil donate his world cup bonus to sick Brazil Children

Mesut Özil, the midfielder for Germany's World Cup-winning team, just set an example that all stars need to see.

After Germany won the final, each player received a bonus of more than $400,000. (Spain, for instance, had proposed a $980,000 winning bonus, to great outcry.) Instead of keeping his portion, however, Özil donated it all to support the surgeries of sick Brazilian children. 

Prior to the World Cup he gave money to support 11 children, but he just upped the number to 23 to mark the number of players on Germany's team. Though there were reports that Özil had also donated his winnings to the children of Gaza, his representative later said this wasn't true.

His initiative is in partnership with Big Shoe, a German charity that uses FIFA as a platform to aid sick children. "This is my personal thank-you for the hospitality of the people of Brazil," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Big Shoe, for which Özil is an ambassador, has been working with the World Cup since 2006, with no plans to stop. 

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A German designers create life-like body parts from silicone

At first glance, these pictures appear to show a normal hand.
But a closer inspection reveals a clever prosthetic in the place of the thumb.
The silicone digit is the work of a German company, who specialise in individually-tailored prosthetics to meet the unique needs of people who lose fingers, hands, toes, feet or legs.

The work is the brainchild of designers Alex Stamos and Christoph Braun, of Stamos and Braun Prosthesenwerk.

Mr Braun said the ethos behind their designs is creating silicone prosthetic works of art.
He said his partner started working with silicone 14 years ago, while he joined five years ago.
Mr Braun, who has 18 years experience creating traditional prosthetics, told MailOnline: 'Individuality comes first. For every person and his or her needs are unique, and so are the restorations.
'Here each restoration is a small work of art.
'Alex does more of the individual silicone work while I build the prosthetic under the glove.

'We started our own business six months ago in Dresden, Germany with our special image and special prosthetics.
'We thought we need to make something special. We like to show people that a prosthetic doesn't need to look old and ugly.
'We like to give a good feeling to the patients. It is bad enough that they have lost something.
'So if we are able to make them happy with something cool, it feels good to everybody.'

He said each prosthetic is individually designed and tailored to ensure the right skin colour is match and the prosthetic is as comfortable as possible.
As a result the time it takes to create each prosthetic varies, case by case.
'If we only have a little thumb we can make it in one to two days,' he told MailOnline.
'But if we make an individual silicone cover for the whole arm or leg it will take us up to one week.
'And it also depends on the stump situation, sensitivity, the healing process and the wishes of the patient.'
He said it is the finer details that make the difference, with finger and toenails crafted from acrylic, the same material used in beauty salons create fake nail extensions.
Mr Braun admitted while the prosthetics they create are more realistic, they do not function as well as those with built-in bionics.
But he said they allow people to live their day-to-day lives normally, and even allow musicians to continue playing their instruments.
The prosthetics range in cost from £1,460 to £5,000 depending on the type of prosthetic and the time it takes to craft the false limb.
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2014-15 Season: Mourinho's Opportunity to prove himself

After a slew of offseason moves, the pressure is on Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to deliver a title in 2014-15.
Given Roman Abramovich's historical impatience and the fact he has already granted Mourinho a season's grace without a trophy, the logical answer would suggest he would be relieved of his duties. Whether he should, though, will reside in the context of any perceived failure.
Should Chelsea experience the type of season that Manchester United did last campaign, then there is absolutely no chance of him being retained. Regression or even a lack of progression would be a huge concern and it would suggest that his magic had waned, at least in regard to Chelsea. However, were Mourinho to be pipped to the title by a narrow margin while claiming some silverware in the process then he will have earned another shot at it as long as the football on display was sufficiently entertaining. Plus, if he manages to win the Champions League, any failings domestically would be rendered virtually obsolete.

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